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Comment author: MinibearRex 02 September 2012 02:50:37AM 2 points [-]

And then children get the lesson that changing your mind is always a good thing. The new idea is always right.

Comment author: Dolores1984 02 September 2012 05:59:58AM 1 point [-]

You can throw in some alternative cases as well. But, as it stands, I don't think a strong bias towards discarding deeply held beliefs is a big problem in humans. We can meander quite a distance in that direction before it begins to become a problem.